Windows Defender is now at par with popular Antivirus programs

[Chancer]

A recent analysis by German Research Institute, AV-Test has revealed that Microsoft Windows Defender has improved considerably as an Antivirus program and even scores better than other popular Antivirus software in the market. It can no longer be considered as a baseline security solution.

 

 

The result shows Microsoft Windows Defender 4.8 showing improvements in metrics such as Usability, Performance and Protection for Windows Home Users.

Windows Defender is a good Antivirus tool

Microsoft Windows Defender comes as a build in Antivirus software with Windows installation, however for years users have been relying on third party Antivirus applications to protect their PC’s rather than relying on the default protection tool. But, this may not be applicable anymore.

 

AV-Test results show the AhnLab Internet Security, Comodo Internet Security, ESET Smart Security,  VIPRE Internet Security, Quick Heal Total Security and Panda Security scoring lesser than Microsoft Windows Defender 4.8.

 

AV-Test Institute rated Antivirus products on 3 metrics – protection, performance, and usability, allocating 6 points to each.

Here is what popular Antivirus Programs scored,

 

1. Avira, Bitdefender, Kaspersky: 18 / 18
2. Norton Security: 17 / 18
3. Microsoft Windows Defender: 15.5 / 18
4. F-Secure, G Data, K7, MicroWorld eScan: 15.5 / 18
5. AhnLab: 15 / 18
6. Panda Security: 14.5 / 18
7. Quick Heal Total Security: 13.5 / 18
8. Comodo Internet Security: 13 / 18
9. ESET Smart Security: 13 / 18
10. VIPRE Internet Security: 12 / 18

 

The above results on AV-Test show that only Avira, Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Norton score more points than Windows defender clearly indicating how Microsoft has beefed up the algorithm of its home production.

 

Interestingly, until now, performance of 3rd party Antivirus software was rated on how much they scored above the baseline where baseline was used to be Windows Defender’s score. Now, with Microsoft scoring big, users may be tempted to keep using the default provided with the Windows or the 3^rd party Antivirus vendors may have to improve their applications considerably.

 

Windows Defender can be considered to be sufficient and good enough for Windows 10.

 

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[straycat19]

They are overstating the test results.  When 3 produce a perfect score and one is just one point off, I would not state that Defender is on par with them when it placed 5th, essentially.  And the ones it beat out I would never choose to run anyway since they have never had actual good results, just seem to be in the headlights of noobs and non-security minded individuals who want cracked security software instead of paying for it.  And if you can crack it how secure is it, might as well not use any.

[Nastrahl]

28 minutes ago, straycat19 said:

They are overstating the test results.  When 3 produce a perfect score and one is just one point off, I would not state that Defender is on par with them when it placed 5th, essentially.  And the ones it beat out I would never choose to run anyway since they have never had actual good results, just seem to be in the headlights of noobs and non-security minded individuals who want cracked security software instead of paying for it.  And if you can crack it how secure is it, might as well not use any.

 

When the first four got 100% and the fifth 99%, it doesn't means that this one is crappy.

 

To be infected with the 10% remaining malware that WD doesn't detect you really must be searching for it.

[steven36]

38 minutes ago, straycat19 said:

just seem to be in the headlights of noobs and non-security minded individuals who want cracked security software instead of paying for it.  And if you can crack it how secure is it, might as well not use any.

What does this got to do with cheese in China ? Kaspersky  has had some kind of working fix for it as long as  i can remember and other good Antivirus  do too and free giveaways .  Why the holier than thou attitude?  Not everyone has money to spend on things you actually dont have to have they need there money for things like food .   That's why WD  has the highest marketshare for many years and most of those people dont even know what cracks are .  All the time you read how these paid Antivirus  get hacked or they are ripping off the system ..many even write malware to sell there own products

[mjall]

based on experience in years, all these software are just a big white lie and personally after the Y2K bug, we all know that it's dirty marketing for software companies nothing more

[Kalju]

11 hours ago, mjall said:

 

 

You have here also one little white lie - you're promoting the link that does not exist?
I mean fihis, which is in yours signature. Seems like You use wrong signature, I think that Michel Jackson is dead. Or something is wrong?Are you a new Michael Jackson or you use stolen identity? 
Error: The domain name does not exist.

[steven36]

6 minutes ago, Kalju said:

You have here also one little white lie - you're promoting the link that does not exist?
I mean fihis, which is in yours signature. Seems like You use wrong signature, I think that Michel Jackson is dead. Or something is wrong?Are you a new Michael Jackson or you use stolen identity? 
Error: The domain name does not exist.

Who cares ?  i have signatures turned off so i cant see them there a waste of bandwidth in my opinion . What does this have to do with windows defender ? I dont see nothing wrong with using  it if that's what you wish. I never liked and Microsoft apps ..so i dont use them I'm legacy  apps our us

[Kalju]

Yes, I also have the majority of the signatures blocked, because they are completely absurd or only full of advertisements. But if to use fake identity and say - I'm Michael Jackson? Something must be wrong there on the highest floor.

[steven36]

Also i block images  and 3rd party sites  that's not approved  by the admins  there dangerous  and they draw attention to you from the sites they were hot linked from.

 

 

[Ranma12]

how uninstall this garbage from windows 10

[pc71520]

Good to see that the Baseline AV (= MS Defender) is getting better.

 

This will push the rest AV vendors to improve their products, too.

[Batu69]

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